Toilet paper



Sept. 15, 1925. 1,554,178

H A. M. SICKELS TOILET PAPER Filed Aug. 16. 1921 2 Sheen-Sheet 1 //V VENTOR Anna M, S/c/(e/S ATTORN Sept. 15, 1925. 1,554,178

A. M. SICKELS TOILET PAPER Filed Aug. 16. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR B Y I ATTORNEY ANNA llI. SICKELS, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIG-NOR T0 SCOTT PAPER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF YENNSYLVANIA.

TOILET rnrmt.

Application filed August 16, 1921, SerialNo. 492,764.

To all 'wlwmit may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA M/Sr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Toilet Paper, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction of toilet paper which shall embody economy coupled with strength, whereby an inferior paper may be utilized with the effectiveness as to strength of a high priced paper.

In the making of such a paper, there is a relatively small amount of fibre and the relative movement between the water and wire apron or cylinder being rapid, the tendency is to cause the lengths of the fibres to lie in the direction of the length of the web, this being especially so when formed on a woven wire covered cylinder rotating in the vat containing the paper stock in solution.

When the paper so formed isdried, the web is weak transversely and readily splits and hence is unsatisfactory. By my invention, I provide a multi-ply sheet formed froma more or less rectangular sheet, preferably longer in one direction than the other, which is folded upon itself, said told extending on a diagonal line between opposite parallel edges and terminating thereon at a distance from the corners and nearer two of the diagonally opposite corners than as to the other two corners, said fold being made on such an angle that the sheet when folded presents a triangular two-ply body with triangular. single-ply extension leaflets respectively extending from. the superposed plies to provide additional. areas of single ply where the quired.

In practice, the triangular multiply sheets of my invention may be stacked into a package and may be wired or stapled and detached one at a time by hand, or associated in a dispensing cabinet whereby they may be discharged one at a time, all as more fully disclosed hereinafter.

My invention will be better understood by reference to the drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved toilet paper package; Fig. l is a plan View of easing sheet of Fig. 1; Fig. 2 is a front view ol' the same; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 2 slightly modified as to the greater strength is not rearrangement of the sheets; Fig. 2 is a similar view of a further modification; Fig. 3 is a plan View of a paper web and indicating the manner of cutting and folding the sheet; Fig. 4c is a plan view showing the sheet folded to provide a two-ply sheet; Fig. 5 is a plan view showing my improved sheet when folded on'a slightly diderent angle; Fig. 6 isa-view corresponding to Fig. lbut with the web cut on an angle, so that when foldedinto a two-ply sheet there are smaller auxiliary single-ply portions; Fig. 7 is the sheet shown in Fig. 6.cut ofi and folded; Fig. 8 illustrates another arrangement of the sheets in forming the package; Fig. 9 is a package of my improved sheets secured together with a metal tongue and socket; and Fig. 10 is an edge view showing my invention adapted for interfolded sheets.

The preferred form of the package suitable for being hung up and the sheets detached one at a time by hand, is shown in Figs. land 2 and comprises the diagonally folded sheets stacked in superposed fanshaped relation A, said sheets temporarily held together at the upper end by paper casing B and wire staple C having its end looped as at l) by which the package may be suspended on a nail or hook. As the general shape of the folded sheets A are triangular and these are arranged one on top of another and alternately oppositely positioned, the package takes a form more or less fan-shaped as indicated and presents the lower single-ply edges 9 in exposed position so as to be easily grasped for detachment. Moreover, as the body portions 4, 4* are two-ply and the portions 9 are single ply, the latter will be more or less separated so as to permit easy selection of a single sheet at a time. Furthermore, as the folded sheets are opositely directed, it will be evident that eltween adjacent single-ply extended portions 9 there will be a four-ply layer, thereby insuring such separation as to permit easy selection of one sheet at a time. By a slight downward pulling of the sheet, it is easily detached from the wire staple C and socket casing B; and it will be observed that as thiscasing is tapered there can be no resistance therefrom to the withdrawal of the sheet. Aconvenient manner of making the casing B is shown in Fig; 1 which illustrates the stiii' paper stamped in a form which, when folded and the two ends B, B overlapped, provides a tapering socket; and the folded shape of the socket is retained and the sheets A secured in said lengthwise of the web, the said web (Fig.

q 3) 1s cut or severed on a transverse line 3 and the sheet so formed folded on a diagonal line 5, the same being preferably at substantially right angles to a line 6, connecting diagonally opposite corners 7 and 8 of the sheet and as in the preferred form. the sheet is rectangular (Fig. 3) or trapezoidal (-Fig. 6) longer in one direction than in the other, the diagonal fold 5 will meet the side edges at a distance from the corners as shown. The result of this folding is to provide a two-ply triangular body and projecting triangular single-ply tabs or leaflets 9 and 10, respectively integral with the body parts 4 and 4, as shown in Figs. 4., 5, 6 and 7, and also in Fig. 2.

The result of this construction is twofold; first it provides the main area of the folded sheet of two-ply and an extended area at each side edge of the triangular body of the single-ply paper integral with the respective body parts, to give a large sheet but with the greatest strength in the middle;

' and second, the grain or direction of the wood fibres of the paper of the two-plys of the main body portion are crossed either at right angles or approximately so, to provide'an additional strength throughout the two-ply body.

As an excessive width of the wide ends of the single-ply extensions 9 and 10 is not necessary, economy in cost of manufacture makes it desirable to reduce the area of these extensions while retaining the large triangular two-ply area of the body parts 4 and 4 and, this may be done by making the transverse cuts 3 diagonally, as shown in Fig. 6. When this is, done and thesheet folded as before described, the modified shape will result as shown in solid lines in Fig. 7, the dotted extensions 9* and 10 indicating the extent of the saving in paper. This saving in paper is a matter of very great importance when it is kept in mind that the saving may equal one-tenth or even one-eighth of the whole, based upon the sized sheets of commercial packages now in general use. It is, therefore, evident that with less paper stock, my improved sheet provides a sufficient area and, because of the two-ply crossing grain of the fibre, a greatly increased resistance to tearing or rupture, when compared with the commercial toilet papers in use.

In the forms illustrated in Figs. 1 to 7,

inclusive, the points 7 and 8 of the body parts (Figs. 3 and 4) are brought in alinement or juxtaposition so that the two-ply body is in all respects a triangle, but this is not essential, as Will be understood by reference to Fig. 5. In this case the angle of the fold 5 is slightly shifted so that the points 7 and 8 are relatively displaced, which has the effect of somewhat widening this area of the completed sheet, as compared to that shown in Figs. 4 and 7. While the triangular form in this case is somewhat modified, nevertheless in a general sense the area will still be approximately triangular, from a practical consideration of the matter.

Aside from arranging the folded sheets in the manner indicated in Figs. 1, 2, 2 and 2", they may be packed alternately in the arrangement shown in Fig. 8. Furthermore, where the sheets are to be dispensed from a cabinet having the usual discharging roller, the casing B may be made with a socket E, Fig. 9; or the usual form of metal staple having a metallic socket at the back may obviously be employed.

Ordinarily, the sheets will be assembled for use in the form of packages, as in the cases above described, but it is manifest that this improved paper may be adapted for various forms of dispensing cabinets which will permit one sheet at a time to be discharged; but as the present invention relates to the sheets and package formed thereof, no detailed description of such dis pensing cabinets or devices will be described in the present application. However, it may be stated that in such use the sheets may be stacked as shown in Fig. 2, but without the use of the socket case B and staple C, that is to say, all of the folded edges 3 would be arranged at the same side. While the sheets formed from the continuous web may be stacked in package form as previously described, where economy is desired, the severance and creasing or folding lines 3 and 5 may be formed in the web and a portion thereof severed and folded by hand as it is successively removed from the con tinuous web.

A still further mode ofzuse of my iniproved sheets is indicated in Fig. 10, which represents the sheets arranged alternately ininterfoldedrelation; that is, the plies of any sheet is intcrfoldcdwith plies of two adjacent sheets, permitting its use in certain forms of dispensing devices in general use.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage enubash found in practice to give satisfactory.

- and reliable results, it isto be understood that I do not'restrict myself to the details, as the same are susceptible of modification in' various palrticulars without departing 5 from the spirit or scope of the invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A sheet of paper in the form of a parallelogram having greater length than width folded on a diagonal line to provide a two-ply body of general triangular shape, the diagonal fold extending between two opposite parallel side edges and terminating at a distance from, the other two parallel edges of the sheet, so that the respective triangular parts areof the same area and in folded relation constitutes a two-ply body,

-said body parts provided at opposite edges with an extended sheet portion which in the two-ply structure furnish single ply triangular leaflets extending in opposite directions beyond the triangular two-ply body portion.

2. A toilet paper sheet comprising a sheet in the form of a. parallelogram folded on a diagonal line between two. of its parallel sides and providing a two-ply body structure, each ply ofwhich is an irregular polygon in outline and the two plies so relatively displaced that each extends laterally beyond the other at one of its sides to provide oppositely directed triangular single ply leaflets, said leaflets respectively arran ed at opposite edges of the two-plies of the ody portion.

3. Toilet paper, com rising a sheet in web form with substantia 1y parallel opposite sides folded on a line extending diagonally between two of its parallel sides and providing generally triangular superposed body plies in which the general len th of the fiber of the two plies cross each ot er toprovide increased strength at that portion constituting the two-ply body of triangular form, and in which further, the body plies provide extended single pl leaflets of general triangular form, sai leaflets respectively arranged as extensions of the two plies at opposite side edges of the respective plies of the body and with their more tpointed ends adjacent to the pointed ends 0 the two-ply body part.

4. A plurality of similarly formedsheets placed one upon the other, said sheets each comprising a web of-paper folded die 0- nally in multiply form with overlapping layers of same areas, each layer being positioned relatively to the other layer so that the paper adjacent to one of its edges ex- .tends beyond the multiply portions of the two layers, said extended ortions being of triangular form and sing e ply, and said sheets united at. their single ply ends into a unitar package, and wherein the means ,for uniting the sheets into' a package comprises a ta ering case about the smaller end'of the olded body portions and one-set .of the leaflets, and a staple extending through the Walls of the case and the superposed leaflets, forming a fan-shaped package. a y

5. Iheinve1ition according to'claim 3, wherein the plurality of folded sheets are stacked with their folded edges arranged alternately at opposite sides of the package and presenting two sets of 1 pointed edges at the endof the package most distant from.

the united ends 0 the sheets.

6. A plurality of similarly formed sheets placed one upon the other, said sheets each comprising a web of paper folded dia nally in multiply form with overlapping layers of same. areas, each layer being positioned relatively to the other layer so that the paper adjacent to one of its edges extends beyond the multiply portions of the.

two layers, said extended ortions bein of triangular form andsinge ply, the p urrality of folded heets being stacked' with their folded edges arranged alternately at opposite sides, of the package and presenting one upwardly tapered set of un ted sheets and two downwardly extending sets of pointed edges at a distanceapart, and

wherein the united ta ering ends; of the wherein every alternate line for folding or for severance is parallel in two series and the successive lines for both folding and for severance are arranged with their obli uities in opposite direction, and in which urthermore, the obliquities of the two series of lines for folding-and for severance are formed at a different an is across the web,

whereby when one portion of the web is folded upon the adjacent ortion the main overlapping parts of the olded paper web is two-ply l and the remaining projecting y a tapered case overlapping portions constitute single ply leaflets formin extensions res ectively in opposite direction from the fol ed two-ply layers.

In testimony of which invention, I here I unto set my hand.

ANNA M. SIGKELS. 

